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Page Two THE SKYSCRAPER Oct. 14,1964 THE SlfSCIIPEI B ' MIL UII I U 0 IIIII L II will grip current issues and events and 't hold them before the campus In order that members of the Mundelein community may sense and direct history rather than bob in Its wake. '3-3 System' Promotes New Depth in Learning As a result of the Institutional Analysis Mundelein is ex tending, more earnestly than ever before, an invitation to stu dents to be more than intellectual flibbertigibbits. In announcing proposed changes in calendar, curriculum and faculty organization at a downtown press conference, Sis ter Mary Ann Ida expressed hope that these would eliminate layer cake education, mere accumulation of information dur ing different stages of life. Sister explained that the aim of all the changes is to promote study in depth, to foster a habit of intellectual curiosity and vitality. Emphasis on Depth Prevalent The layer cake analogy is well chosen because it points to several aspects of the new 3-3 plan for September, 1965 (three courses per term, three terms per year), pivotal point of the College's innovations. The first is the correlation be tween the emphasis on depth in education and the wide modern interest in the concept of depth. Man has always been fas cinated by the mysterious oceans, and contemporaries like Jacques Cousteau are spending long periods in the depths to test it as a possible area of habitation for vast numbers. Man's curiosity since Daedalus has longed to penetrate the heavens and today the United States is spending billions to transport men into the depth of the universe. Theologian Paul Tillich even suggests depth as his basic image of God. Aid to Updating Knowledge These examples point to changes in knowledge which are occurring constantly. Education in depth which fosters a habit of intellectual alertness is the only resistor to obsolescence. To day knowledge is dated almost as soon as it is acquired. Further, knowledgeable scientists may not know about the Theater of Cruelty; linguists may not understand quantum physics; mu sicians may not realize the social problems of a megalopolis in short no one can know everything. But a habit of genuine interest prompts one to update knowledge and investigate new areas. Preservative for Intellectual Life A third aspect suggested by the layer cake metaphor is concern for those years during which many Mundelein students will be wives and mothers. Only a deep-rooted habit of in terest in things challenging beyond the daily routine will keep her from comfortable intellectual atrophy. Administration faculty planning, alone, however, cannot create this habit. There has always been a gulf between lami nated layers of facts and education in depth. Now under the 3-3 system students are invited to advance beyond the table of contents approach to the central thesis level. This is an in dividual decision ... R.S.V.P. Mary Etta Talarico Nero's Fiddle Sizzles . . . Peter Plays It Cool So, all right, maybe Nero was the hottest fiddler at the Roman bonfire But this isn't Rome, and Peter the Late, who manages to popularize the classics, is obviously no descendant of the classic violinist. In fact, it has been surmised that they have never even been formally introduced. As to the fire definite evidence has not yet been presented; but sus picion has been cast recently upon certain individuals who avoid serv ice, in the army, which entails any sort of labor and who refuse to take part in community festivals. These citizens apparently fail to ac knowledge both Nero's experience and musical capabilities. Such behavior leads to the con clusion that hypocritical followers, who voted for Nero last spring, could plausibly be charged with treason. The court might condemn them and the report could be circulated that they are to be prosecuted. History repeats itself on the Mundelein Campus, the decree would say, For it has failed to support the Great Nero. Fiddlesticks . . . that's if this were Rome and Peter weren't the coolest Nero of them all. Rae Paul Christians Need New God, Less Religion, More Love by Mary Ellen Scott Honest to God by John Robinson is not to be read swiftly and then tucked away smugly as an of course I've read it book, hasn't everyone who's anyone, theologi cally and philosophically speaking read it? John Robinson, an Anglican bishop of Woolwich, England, has written an inspirational, thought- provoking and intrinsically neces sary book for the Christian world today. Any book that calls for a new God-concept, a Christianity without religion, a demythologized Christ, and a new morality cannot be brushed aside as just philosophical or theological. With liberal theologians and philosophers Paul Tilllich, Deit- rich Bonhoeffer, Martin Buber and Rudolf Bultman, Robinson considers these positions hon estly, not as a radical decrying bloody revolution but as a mem ber of the clergy within the Church, Anglican as it is, ques tioning the Church's position in the world and its desperate need for change. He is no prophet or wise man come to spread new dogma. Honest to God is a sincere ef fort to place God, Christ, Chris tianity, and morality within the reach of modern man. A state ment of Deitrich Bonhoeffer ex plains Robinson's reason for trying to find a more liveable and 20th Century understanda ble God-concept: Man has learned to cope with all ques tions of importance without re course to God as a working hypothesis. Robinson is convinced that a con cept of God can no longer be a supernaturalistic old man in the sky or rich aunt in Australia. The concrete God of up there is inadequate today. The Biblical God and Christ, Robinson is afraid, is being taken too literally, so that a Christian comes to a point in his life when belief in God is like belief in Santa Claus, the belief of a child. In place of an anthropomorphic God, Tillich thinks of God as depth and the ground of all be ing. By these words Tillich means God to be the depth of your life . . . the source of your being . . . your ultimate concern . . . what you take seriously without any res ervations. Robinson isn't the iconoclast breaking the fine old statues of past biblical mythology but he does want to destroy any stat ues that have become idols be cause of their failure to remain simply symbols for the abstract. With this stronger emphasis on an immanent God, Robinson stresses a personal relationship with God over and above the religious relationship of wor ship. He quotes Bonhoeffer once more for a broader mean ing of the word Christian. 'To be a Christian does not mean to be religious in a par ticular way, to cultivate some particular form of asceticism (as a sinner, a penitent or a saint), but to be a man. It is not some religious act which makes a Christian what he is, but participation in the suffer ing of God in the life of the world. It is in Christ that Robinson tries to bring a greater understanding of a God and man relationship and trying to solve Bonhoeffer's prob lem of making Christ the Lord of those who have no religion that he maintains a strongly naturalistic interpretation of Christ. The underlying assumption (in interpreting Christ) is that it is his omnipotence, his omniscience, and all that makes him 'superhu man,' that must be shed in order for him to become truly man . . . For it is in making himself nothing, in his utter self-surrender to oth ers in love, that he discloses and lays bare the Ground of man's be ing as Love. And it is Love that is the new morality for Robinson. The idea isn't really a new one. St. John said, God is Love, and he who abides in Love, abides in God, and God in Him. The idea of Christ as man isn't new, nor is the idea that God is not just up there new. It is im portant that Robinson is not reac tionary. In Honest to God Robinson ex presses orthodoxy in a way that raises questions, stirs up debate and encourages new thought. Robinson's emphasis on Chris tianity has all the humanistic, interpersonal, existential vitality needed for a life to live here and Sounding Board Praise Project Editor: Congratulations to the Sky scraper, particularly to reporters Betsy Braunlin and Kathy Wright, for the excellent feature describing Mundelein's Inner-city Project. We are indeed grateful to the W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation for the 33,000 grant which made this program possible, but as project director, I am indeed grateful to each of the 50 students who made the project overwhelm ingly successful Were it possible, I would share with each one of them the extra ordinary words of praise the Col lege has received on their behalf. Their dedicated enthusiasm and ceaseless effort has elicited com mendation from professional youth workers, club directors, staff mem bers with whom they worked, and Combined Insurance personnel. I too am extremely proud of their personal contributions to inner city work. It is my hope that this sense of responsibility for the welfare of boys and girls beleaguered by the problems of urban change and so cial discrimination will continue to deepen and spread within the Col lege community. May I invite each of you Skyscraper readers to consider what commitment you have made to alleviate the personal misery imposed upon urban youth. Sincerely yours, Sister Mary St. George, B.V.M. Director, Inner City Project Cites Distinction Editor: Not having put the class of 1968 through the meat grinder of the Student Questionnaire, I read with special interest Caryl Jean Cinelli's account of the incoming freshman class in the last issue of the paper. From the first paragraph Hailing from 15 states and four foreign countries, approximately 307 new faces are now a part of Mundelein. to the last para graph From Nancyanne Greco to Mary Doan the class rises from 4' 9 to 5' 11 and carries 18,816 pounds. I devoured the facts and figures. When I had finished, I sensed that Mundelein College had made a ma jor breakthrough. Yet, not trusting my own poor mathematical powers, I stuffed all the facts and figures into that fa mous IBM 1401 computer, and do you know what I discovered? The mean weight of the entering Mun delein freshman this year is 61 pounds, 4 ounces Now that's a pretty mean weight no matter how you stuff it in a computer, and I'm willing to lay a small wager that aside from dear old Pygmy Polytech there isn't a college in the world with so petite a freshman class Norbert J. Hruby Vice President Discusses Honor Editor: Incidences on Catholic college campuses regarding honor systems have prompted real concern among both faculty and students. Students have expressed lack of responsi bility and little initiative in the area of discipline. We must decide if our college can be included in this group. A study should be made to find out what exactly is the prevailing at titude on the part of the students toward the faculty. Perhaps we should not concern ourselves with this problem. Perhaps cheating and the like does not even exist on our campus. But if members of the faculty and various students have observed such action then there is a need to investigate this situation. If we believe in honor we must believe in not only the theory but also in practice. Are Mundelein students going to accept this chal lenge or will they sit back and let their little world close in upon them? Kathleen Reynolds Senior Jhe hud craper Vol. XXXV October 14,1964 No. 3 Newspaper of Distinction The Skyscraper is published semi-monthly, September to May inclusive except during exam and vacation periods, by the students of Mundelein College, 6363 Sheridan Rd., Chicago, III.. 60626. Subscription rate is 2 per year. Entered as second-class matter Nov. 30. 1932. at the U.S. Post Office, Chicago, HI., under the act of March 3. 1897. The Skyscraper is a member of the Associated Collegiate Press and the Catholic School Press Association. Letters to the editor must be signed. The Skyscraper reserves the right to cut letters in case of limited space. Mary Etta Talarico Rae Paul Editor-in-chief Associate Editor - Feature Editor Make-up Sylvia Hajek .. Bobble Bohan, Caryl Jean Cinelll, Barbara Kubicz Columnist , . Barbara Mounsey Staff .: Jean Durall. Mary Lynch. Diane Sargol, Mary Ellen Scott. Patricia Toussalnt, Nancy Vandenberg, Eileen Carroll, Eileen Jack, Marilyn Gibbs, Barbara Bock, Aldine Favaro, Evelyn Chambers Photographers Betsy Braunlin, Diane Sargol. Rae Paul, Nancy Vandenberg
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